Cultural deprivation theorists argue that
many children from low income, black
families lack intellectual stimulation and
enriching experiences, leaving them
poorly equipped for school because they
have not been able to develop reasoning
and problem-solving skills
Around 18% of primary and 13%
secondary pupils did not have English as
their first language or main language at
home
English is not the main language in more
than 1 in 9 schools - this could make it
harder to complete some schoolwork
and/or communicate with teachers
However, official statistics show that
pupils who...
, spoke English as their first language
only scored 3.2% more than those
without English as their first language
when it came to achieving 5 A*-Cs
(55.2% - 52%)
The Dept. for Education in 2005
found that any impact of language
declines as pupils get older and
showed in 2013 that pupils with
English as a second language
outperformed in the Ebacc students
who had English as their first
language.
Gillborn and Mirza note that...
Indian pupils do very well despite
often not having English as their
home language
o Attitudes and values
A lack of...
motivation major cause of the failure
of many black children
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